Flicker
Jerome

                                     i
                                   lit a
                                  candle
                               the other day
                             to light the room
                            because the sun had
                              gone to bed and
                              the candle said
                                   to me
                                  "ouch,
                                   that
                               hurt  –  you
                             burned my hair!"
                            "i'm sorry" said i,
                             "i did not know!"
                             "not know indeed,
                             when you stick a
                            flame to my head!"
                           so i lit my hair upon
                           fire.  "you are right
                         little flame – it hurts."